Palpitations
Yes - I do get lightheaded after I stand up too fast, esp after exercise. Seems to have just started in the last 1-2 weeks. Also I notice my heart seems to pound or speed up and I get flushed right after I eat. I have had this before - it's my heart kind of slowing down when I don't have much fuel and then speeding up when I get some fuel.
If you have never experienced it before, however, it is probably the best to check it out with your doc.
It's funny because it seems like a lot of your posts show the same experiences as me and I am also a "Jennifer E"!
37 y/o female 5'8" HW 355 consult 329 SW (3/7/2014)301 CW 168 goal 170
M1- 26 M2- 14 M3- 15 M4 -13 M5 -16 M6-12 M7-2 M8-5 M9-6 M10-8 M11-1 M12-5 M13-10 Goal reached 4/5/15 total lost 187 lbs total; 133 in the 13 months since surgery
This is not a drill. Contact your surgeon. Palpitations are NOT something to fool around with.
VSG 7/1/13 with Dr. Jack Rutledge 28 y/o female - 5'10" - HW: 298 - GW: 174 - SW: 290 (-8) - M1: 262 (-28) - M2: 247 (-15) - M3: 235 (-12) - M4: 228 (-7 ~First Stall: almost 2 wks~) - M5: 218 (-10) - M6: 209 (-9) - M7: 199 (-10) Onederland on 1/31 - M8: 196 (-3) 100 lb total loss on 2/2 - M9: 192.6 (-3.4) - M10: 188.6 (-4) - M11: 182 (-6.6) - M12: 175.6 (-6.4) - M13: 173.8 (-1.8) CW (7/8/15): 167 - GOAL reached in 1 Year and 25 Days! - TOTAL WL - 131 lbs
Are you on any blood pressure medications?
You should definitely call your doctor and discuss the palpitations. These are not normal.
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Height: 5'-7" HW: 449 SW: 392 GW: 179 CW: 220
yes get it check... just got out of the hospital today.. surgery was march 5.. went for normal check up and was sent to the er with a fib... i had no ideal it was going on... heart doctor said it could be from the stress of the surgery... come home on 2 new med and go back to heart doctor in 4 week... go have it checked please.... ive lost 59 lbs
Like the others said, do get it checked out. I will add that my blood pressure went very low starting about 2 weeks after surgery and stayed there for a couple of weeks until my body adjusted. It caused me to be lightheaded and dizzy sometimes. The doc took me off of the diuretic I'd been taking for ankle swelling at that point.
It's probably nothing, but give your surgeon a call and/or make an appointment with your PCP. Better safe than sorry!
Height 5'4" HW:223 Lap band 2006, revised to Sleeve 5/8/2013, SW:196
